Healthcare Principal

Position Title: Healthcare Principal (Confidential Client)

Location: Houston, TX | Hybrid

Employment Type: Permanent

Compensation

• Salary: Houston base salary hiring range of $240,000–$290,000 per year, commensurate with experience, education, and skill level.

Company Overview (Confidential)

Our Client is a multi-disciplinary engineering firm. Its strength comes from how it respects, shares and connects diverse experiences, perspectives and ideas, and it offers the opportunity to do socially useful work that has meaning to the clients and communities it serves.

Position Summary

Our Client's Houston office is looking for a principal with healthcare experience to join its growing team. This role will be a mechanical seller/doer located in Houston who will partner with the leadership team to deliver and grow the Houston healthcare business. You'd be leading and mentoring multi-disciplinary teams; help deliver forward-thinking healthcare designs that are sustainable and help solve clients' toughest issues and help continue to grow. This role will be a key member of the Texas leadership team.

Hybrid policy: 3 days per week in office / 2 days from home. Relocation support can be provided, but for the right candidate, they would need to have local experience previously.

Primary Functions

• Lead multidisciplinary teams in the design and execution of healthcare projects, ensuring alignment with client goals, regulatory standards, and contractual obligations.


• Cultivate and maintain strong relationships with healthcare clients to drive repeat business and identify new opportunities.


• Be responsible for project budgets, timelines, and resources to ensure delivery on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards.


• Manage financial performance, implement risk controls, and ensure compliance with technical and regulatory requirements.


• Supervise and mentor engineering teams, fostering professional growth through development opportunities and performance evaluations.


• Present complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences in engaging and innovative ways.


• Promote sustainable design practices that support improved health outcomes, grounded in the latest scientific research.


• Serve as Lead Engineer or Engineer of Record on key projects, ensuring technical excellence and accountability.

Must-Haves

• Minimum 15 years of professional experience with experience designing hospitals from concept design through construction administration and commissioning of systems.


• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering or Architectural Engineering required.


• Experience leading project teams as a project manager or project director on medium to large scale projects.


• Proven leadership in mechanical design, with a client-focused, collaborative approach.


• Excellent communication, planning, and organizational skills.


• PE in Texas.